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Ship J R Keeler

I, H M Allen Master of the ship J R Keeler do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me, and now delivered by Me to the Collector of the Customs of the Collection District of New York,is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board of the said Ship J R Keeler at London from which port said ship has now arrived; and that on said list is truly designated the age, the sex, and the occupation of each of said passengers, the part of the vessel occupied by each during the passage, the country to which each belongs, and also the country of which it is intended by each to become an inhabitant; and that said List or Manifest truly sets forth the number of said passengers who have died on said voyage, and the names and ages of those who died.

So help me God.

(Signed) Henry M Allen

Sworn to this 9 Feby 1858
Before me (Signature illegible)

List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the J R Keeler whereof allen is Master, from London burthen 1291 tons.

Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, The country to which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on the Voyage, and Part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage. The destination for all passengers was America, there were no deaths recorded on this voyage, and these columns have been omitted.

  1  Tho^s Smith Jackson  26y  2m  male    Butcher     England       Second Cabin
  2  Samuel Clover        28y      male    Miller      England       Second Cabin
  3  Thomas Abbott        30y  6m  male    Solicitor   England       Second Cabin
  4  Mary Abbott          28y  2m  female  married     England       Second Cabin
  5  Mary Young           36y  1m  Female  married     England       Second Cabin
  6  Emily Young          14y  1m  Female              England       Second Cabin
  7  Mary Ann Young        9y  6m  Female              England       Second Cabin
  8  Amy Young             3y  6m  Female              England       Second Cabin
  9  Thomas Young          2y  6m  male                England       Second Cabin
 10  Friedrich Marezyski  27y  1m  male    Merchant    Germany       Second Cabin
 11  Emilia Marezyski     26y  1m  Female  married     Germany       Second Cabin
 12* Johannes Klassert    36y      male    Smith       Hesse Cassel  Steerage
 13* Margaritha Klassert  25y      female  married     Same          Steerage
 14* Catharina Klassart    1y  9m  female  married     Same          Steerage
 15* Frederich Karl ??unt 46y  4m  male    Shoemaker   Hesse Cassel  Steerage
 16  Gertrude Bubich      23y  1m  female  Seamstress  Hesse Cassel  Steerage
 17  Margaritha Junker    29y  3m  female  Seamstress  Hesse Cassel  Steerage
 18  John Cary            28y  1m  male    Farmer      England       Steerage
 19  Sarah Cary           23y  5m  female  married     England       Steerage
 20* Infant Cary                                                     Steerage
 21  George Sedgwick      30y  3m  male    Artist      England       Steerage
 22  William Waters       34y  4m  male    Laborer     England       Steerage
 23  William Bingham      21y  2m  male    Grocer      England       Steerage
 24  John Thomas Kendal   27y      male    Reporter    England       Steerage
 25  Jane Kendal          25y      female  married     England       Steerage
 26* Infant Kendal                                                   Steerage


Transcriber's Notes:

*  An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not the transcriber,
   or is used to call your attention to additional information in the Transcriber's Notes below.

?  The use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read due to quality of the
   original document.

^  The use of a ^ indicates that the letter/letters following are superscripted.

The transcription preserves the original spelling.

All ditto marks on the original manifest have been replaced with the actual words indicated.

The manifest did not include psgr #s; they have been added by the transcriber.

The manifest scribe used a Germanic letter resembling 'fs'; to aid in reading, these have  
been transcribed to 'ss'.


12-14  This is probably a family traveling together, surname could be Klassart or Klassert.
15     First two letters of surname illegible because of ink blot, could be Brunt.
20     Notation for this infant "Infant born 29^th December 1857";
       no other information was recorded.
26     Notation for this infant "Infant born 11^th January 1858";
       no other information was recorded.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 182, List 54.

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